7 best-selling biography books like Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes

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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest …

If you liked the biography plot in Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books)

By: None , Mark Olshaker

4.00

Format: 256 pages,

America's foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of… read more

Similar categories in None's The Cases That Haunt Us (Lisa Drew Books) book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

2. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story

By: Ann Rule

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Ann Rule was a writer working on the biggest story of her life, tracking down a brutal mass-murdere… read more

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3. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

By: None , Mark Olshaker

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

He has hunted some of the most notorious and sadistic criminals of our time: The Trailside Killer i… read more

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Cover of Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders by Kathryn Miles

4. Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

By: Kathryn Miles

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

​Trailed is a beautifully written account of a great American tragedy--the unsolved murders of an u… read more

Similar categories in Kathryn Miles's Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

5. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

By: Michelle McNamara

4.12

Format: 352 pages, ebook

A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Every obsession needs a room of its own."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"Twenty-five years is a long time in cop years."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

"I need to see his face. He loses his power when we know his face."

-Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Cover of American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

6. American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

By: Maureen Callahan

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-… read more

Similar categories in Maureen Callahan's American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I've got lots more stories to tell."

-Maureen Callahan, American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

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7. Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

By: Susan Hendricks

3.62

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Former CNN/HLN anchor and veteran broadcast journalist Susan Hendricks takes an investigative deep-… read more

Similar categories in Susan Hendricks's Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation. Berkeley, California, 193… read more

Similar categories in Kate Winkler Dawson's American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • biography
  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. All the Living and the Dead

By: Hayley Campbell

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A compelling and compassionate exploration of the death industry and the people—embalmers, detecti… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Death shows us what is buried in the living. By shielding ourselves from what happens past the moment of death we deny ourselves a deeper understanding of who we truly are."

-Hayley Campbell, All the Living and the Dead

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10. The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder

By: Edward Humes

4.27

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer—and exposed a looming bat… read more

Similar categories in Edward Humes's The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys by Erin Kimmerle

11. We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys

By: Erin Kimmerle

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Forensic anthropologist Erin Kimmerle investigates of the notorious Dozier Boys School--the true st… read more

Similar categories in Erin Kimmerle's We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff

12. Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

By: Karen Kilgariff

4.07

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, t… read more

Similar categories in Karen Kilgariff's Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"if i could just stop eating for 5 seconds, maybe i could be anorexic like a model"

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"Why does everyone think whistling indicates relaxation? It’s literally one of the weirdest things you can do in public without breaking the law."

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"if you’re a model go with god, enjoy your endless flow of worship and have a great time for the rest of us, reenact the father-figure video, that’s what i’d do"

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

"Politeness doesn’t require actual humanity. It’s just cultural ritual... Politeness is fancy curtains in your front window. Kindness is the home-cooked meal on your dinner table."

-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

Cover of When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) by John E. Douglas

13. When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2)

By: John E. Douglas

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small Town From John Douglas—th… read more

Similar categories in John E. Douglas's When a Killer Calls (Cases of the FBI's Original Mindhunter, #2) book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind by Kate Winkler Dawson

14. All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story of Edward Rulloff--a serial murderer who was called "too intell… read more

Similar categories in Kate Winkler Dawson's All That Is Wicked: A Gilded-Age Story of Murder and the Race to Decode the Criminal Mind book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes

15. Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

By: Paul Holes

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the detective who found The Golden State Killer, a memoir of investigating America’s toughest … read more

Similar categories in Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

By: Barbara Butcher

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Barbara Butcher was early in her recovery from alcoholism when she found an unexpected a job at th… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Butcher's What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
"People can handle the truth, but not uncertainty. The things they imagine are almost always more painful than the facts."

-Barbara Butcher, What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator

Cover of The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter by John E. Douglas

17. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

By: John E. Douglas

4.15

Format: None pages, Audiobook

The legendary FBI criminal profiler, number-one New York Times bestselling author, and inspiration … read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"I miss my dog,"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"I familiarize myself with every detail of their crimes and loathe what they did. At the same time, I may feel tremendous empathy and sorrow for what they went through in their young lives that contri…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

"Within just about every serial predator, there are two warring elements: A feeling of grandiosity, specialness, and entitlement, together with deep-seated feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness and…"

-John E. Douglas, The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter

Cover of Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen

18. Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

By: Billy Jensen

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to solve a murder? Gather the clues the police overlooked? Put together the pi… read more

Similar categories in Billy Jensen's Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The thought makes my teeth gnash and my lip snarl and my jaw fill with a scream. A scream that always has the same chorus. What they took away, seemingly so easily, was a person. "This was a person!"…"

-Billy Jensen, Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders

Cover of The Ghost Club by Kate Winkler Dawson

19. The Ghost Club

By: Kate Winkler Dawson

3.24

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

This audio original from the acclaimed author of American Sherlock, and the host of multiple true-c… read more

Similar categories in Kate Winkler Dawson's The Ghost Club book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • true crime
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind by Ann Wolbert Burgess

20. A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind

By: Ann Wolbert Burgess

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A vivid behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit and the evolu… read more

Similar categories in Ann Wolbert Burgess's A Killer by Design: Murderers, Mindhunters, and My Quest to Decipher the Criminal Mind book and Paul Holes's Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases

  • history
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares by Lindsey Wade

21. In My DNA: My Career Investigating Your Worst Nightmares

By: Lindsey Wade

4.16

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • true crime
  • nonfiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook

15 best-selling adult books like Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases by Paul Holes

Transform Your Habits

Trailed: One Woman's Quest to Solve the Shenandoah Murders

Kathryn Miles

3.94

Transform Your Habits

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

4.12

Transform Your Habits

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

Maureen Callahan

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi

Susan Hendricks

3.62

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9 Top adult books like Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders by Billy Jensen

Transform Your Habits

True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray

James Renner

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer

None , Johnny Dodd

4.25

Transform Your Habits

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide

Karen Kilgariff

4.07

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